Turnstile mechanism for bottle and similar containers.



H. STAM.

. TURNSTILE MECHAMSYJ FOR BGTYLES ANU SHJHLAR CONTMNERS.

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` HERMAN STARE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS', ASSIGNOR TO ECONOMICMACHINERY CIVIIPANY,V 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 'y 0FMASSACHUSETTS.

TURNSTILE MECHANSIVI FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS.

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ToaZZ whom it may concern! r Beit known that I, HERMAN STAKE, a"

through the curved. exit way from the rotary carrier. to the travelingconveyer, in automatically fed labeling machines and similar working`machinery; the prime object of my invention, being to improve theconstruction and -combination of the turns stile means and to provide asimple,"etiicie`nt and satisfactorily operating device,of the characterdescribed, for upholding the loot-` tles or containers and effectingtransfer thereof ina rapid, steady vand safe manner.

To this end nmy invention consists in a turnstile device constructed andcombined essentially as hereinafter*` explained and as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings; wherein Figure 1 representsa top plan view ofmy improved turnstile mechanism shown in its relation to the rotatingbottle-carrier and discharge conveyer of ya. labeling machine.

Fig. 2 is a planview` ofthe mechanism embodying my invention. Y, Figf isan elevation `viewfof the same. Fig. 4 is a separate'outline viewillustrating the shape of thefbottleguiding lturnstile head,and Fig. 5is a vertical centralsfefction of the turnstile disk and head,atrftheposition XXonFig-4. y,

f The inventionl herein set forth is more especially designed as animprovement ap? i plicable to labeling machines ofthecharac` ter of thatdescribed in Letters Patent Nos.

1,113,854 and'1,2`03,6 76, for inventions F, O. W'oodlan'd, and; dated,respectively, October: 13, 1914, and November 7,1916, but may inpractice be employed in machinesof other construction for similarpurpose.,V

The general relationof the various operative parts of sucliimachines isbriefly indi-` cated in'Fig. I for'thebett-er understanding ofthefnaturel "of "present` improvement :Specicationof Letters Patent.

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Application filed November 20, 1916. Serial No. 132,3216. i

and its connection therewith. The previously.

employed parts indicated on Fig. 1 include the feed-way conveyer 10 bywhich bottles B or the like are supplied to the machine; the rotatablebottle-carrier 12'with pushing rests 11 secured thereon; a feedinginmechanisni 13, of any approved kind, for passing bottles or -thelilefrom the conveyer to the rotatablel carrier; the label pickers 14 indicated at position for presentingthe labels; the bottles; thelabel-supply holderl, the

gluesupplyv 16, Asuitable wiper means 17 g guides or fenders 18, 19, Q0and 21 along the path the bottle travels; and a discharge conveyer 22upon which the bottlesare Vtaken away from the machine. Said parts areassumed to be constructed for operating as heretofore employed, or insuitable manner for .performing the labeling or Work upon the bottlesVor containers while lpassing around with the rotary carrier.

` T he fenders or guides 20 and 21 at the dey livery sideof thecarrier,are arranged to form a'ireversely curved exit way 23 from` the path ofthe carrier 12 to the outgoing conveyer 2.2.

v 1n some instances bottles or containers are formed with bottoms thatare more or less rounded, convex, or of contracted area; thus`presenting a somewhat unstable standing. `base when in u right )ositionand movinoi b tz:

rapidly in a circular direction, as when passing" along the curved exitway 23; which being of short radius develops a tendency for tipping thebottles from upright position.`

`To attain `a` `mechanism capable of successfully handling eitherflat-bottomed or rounded bottomed bottles or containers, and adapted forhigh speed operation, I provide a turnstile device consisting of thepee` culiarly shaped turnstile-head in combination with the rotary diskor whirler, and the enit way between the. rotatablecarrier 12 anddischarge conveyer 22, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Vadjacent to the curved guidi? 20' Th@ dimm Referringto the drawings,numeral 25 in-4 dlcates the horizontally `rotating disk or eter'of saiddisk is preferably madembout" three times mete. er ,leseathatf ehebottle01ev eontainerz to i bei operated 11por 1 In combination with lthecircular Wliirler disk 25, I provide a superposed turnstilehead, orsteadying inenibelelg offtliehcliare acter shown; the hub l of whichfits' againstl intervening annular space 426 of about one,

inch, more or less, beti'veen the overlying turnetlle-fheedfendenpereurfaeeof the Chek- Both, the disl andjliead QTfare VrigidlyA keyedo11 secured up on` A thel "np'righffg axis; l shaft 29utolrotatejinunisona' Atlie required-4 speed, and in'v the direction indicated. bythe;w V-poifntuergAsaid shaft 29being yilneunted ina With-.the diaineteref,` tlieddSk 25 Whilejthe;

peripheral edeeifeee, which' is ebeutehe-end; One otlxlthtinehee, 'molte0 1Y1 leSiSn heghtie -forned approximately upright or panallelj v WithLthe, axis, as at ,9,. Y

Y tienara CamfnIeteer defleeten membere Prefer` Wh C11! the bottlesI erfeentainene are received: astheieentet theiteeeseerepeeef,l Y l Theiainteree. -8 et"4 ,the y tunstlefheeele1S forrwnx as yindieatedfnFig. 5.

' Extending/inteithefepeee 2', between 'the Whirlen disk fand .heed.27,-; arrange-l' a theinneredge@ of Whiehdeines liejcouijseof the;exit-Waywacifossitlie areafvogf the ,disk, endfeelzves as guideforfexpellng, or r direct-L ing the bottles from the turnstilegontotheconveyer l22 Should enyiglmtfe e teudeneymte tilt towardr seielgude Theean'if'plate-- has er1-eenenf eleereneespeeef beneath fits; outerAedgeend ebevethe trmeiertbedlt. l yInipra-etiee,t,he.ibottleeferContainers 13, Whiehere.; leutemetieelly fed Linte-LtheanweAeheefentlalebeledin Well-knownmanner., are. preieetedpnsho fron;thenapiUy rotating= Celrier 12; thleughte lpee s.the extfway 23 and ontothe discharge conveyer 22,by the eurnedlexitenagssgablyhellewedleutleaving el'gheShell..

momentum v:acquired fromv the carrier; thevelecitygofqjheipixnexiexnentgbeing fiedyueed fiiaglf'fier 12 to theslower `moyeinentgoffthweonneyer22 While rounding the curved eXit-WayQBby Athefiiinpifmred:lliiurivs'le ,fineansg-lfihee peculiar l structureand combmaton of which consti# Ttntesf'ehesubject matter of mypresenisiinyen if @medion-merging 'with the pefiplijrarlie 13o by acircular arc7 and a backwardly projecting rear edge with anapproximately projecting edges foremost, at less lineal ve-` locity thanthat at which the bottles are projected from the carrier, substantiallyas Set forth.

2. Ina mechanism ofthe class specitied, the combination as described,with a rapidly rotatable carrier ltable provided with means forsupporting and advancing upright bottles, a slower moving dischargeconveyer, a curved exit-way into which the bottles are projected fromsaid carrier to pass to said conveyer, and path-defining fenders alongthe exit-way; of a turnstile Vdevice including a plain-faced circularrotating disk forming a portion of the bottom of said exit-way, an

upright axis-shaft therefor located adjacent the inner-curve line of theexit-way, and a turnstile-head mounted on said axis-shaft above thedisk, said head comprising a central hub provided with a pair of similarlateral arms, shaped and disposed for operating as set forth, therespective arms being narrow at the hub and having broad approximatelycircular peripheral ends, outwardly rounded projecting lir'ront edgesand backwardly projecting rear edges forming a wedge-like angle with theperipheral line; said turnstile head being arranged for rotation withits rounded projections foremost, and means for rotating said turnstileat a Vlineal velocity less than the lineal velocity at which the bottlesare projected into the exit-way by the carrier, but at greater linealvelocity than the movement of the conveyer.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day ofNovember, 1916.

HERMAN STAKE.

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